Simple Butternut Squash Soup
Simple Butternut Squash Soup

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, simple butternut squash soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Simple Butternut Squash Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Simple Butternut Squash Soup is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have simple butternut squash soup using 6 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Simple Butternut Squash Soup:
  1. Get 1 small butternut squash or 1/2 large one (500 g)
  2. Take 1 small onion
  3. Make ready 1 Tbsp butter or olive oil
  4. Take 500 ml broth (I use vegetable or Kombu broth)
  5. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt (if using unsalted broth)
  6. Prepare optional garnish: chopped parsley and/or toasted cumin seeds
Steps to make Simple Butternut Squash Soup:
  1. This is the size butternut squash I used. It was 500 g (450 g after peeled and seeds removed).
  2. Peel butternut squash and remove seeds. Chop into bite-sized cubes. Cut onion into thin slices.
  3. Melt butter in a medium pot and sauté sliced onions in low heat until starting to turn slightly brown (about 7-10 minutes).
  4. Add the butternut squash to the pot and stir around to coat with the butter and onions.
  5. Pour in enough broth to cover everything (about 450-500 ml). If using unsalted broth, add 1/2 tsp salt too.
  6. Bring to a boil then turn to low heat. Cover with lid and simmer for about 15 minutes until squash is soft.
  7. Turn off heat and purée the soup with a mixer. If you don't have a mixer of some sort, try mashing it up as much as possible with a fork (it will be a chunky soup this way). Taste and adjust seasoning.
  8. Dish out into bowls and garnish with some chopped parsley and or toasted cumin! (To toast cumin, simply heat about 1/2 tsp in a dry frying pan for a few minutes until it smells good. Be careful not to burn).

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